Beet-harvesting machine.



C. D. HEYER.

BEET HARVESTING MACHINE.

APPLICATloN FILED JAN.19.|915.

Eatented Mar. 13, 1917.

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BEET HARVESTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. I9, |915.

Patented Mar. 13. 1917.

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BEET HARVESTING'MACHLNE. APPLICATION FILED IAN. I9. 1915.

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BEET HARVESTING MACHINE. APPLICATION F1LED`1AN.19,1915.

Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

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' CARL DONALD HEYER, or' LAIRD, COLORADO.

Specification. of Letters Patent. l Patented D131', 13, 1917.

`'Appltatioii filed January 19, 1915. Serial No.' 3,121.

lTo al whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Cam. DONALD HEYER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Laird, in the county of Yuma, State 'of Colorado, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Beet-HarvestingMachines;

and I do hereby declare the following to be 'a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention 'relates Ato beet harvesting machines.

The Object of the invention resi-des in the,

provision of a beet harvesting machine em.- bodying an improvedconstruction for cutting` the 'beets after they lare removed from theground.

Vith the above and other objects in view the invention consists'in thedetails of construction and inthe arrangement and combination of partsto be hereinafter Amore fully described and particularly pointed out inthe appended claims.

In describing the invention indetail reference will be. had to theaccompanying.

drawings wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding partsin the several views, and in Which- Figure 1 is a plan -View of a beetharvesting machine constructed in accordance With the invention;

Fig. 2, a side view of same;

Fig. 3, aview similar to Fig. 2 looking at Fig-1.

Referring to the drawings theimproved beet harvester -is shown ascomprising a. frame A supported upon front wheels 15, and rear Wheels16. The rear wheels 1G are rotatably mounted respectively upon stubaXles 17. projecting laterally from each side of the frame A. Each ofthe wheels 17 has xed Onits inner side a clutch element 18 Fig. 11, asection onthe line 11-11 of.

'-for a ,purpose that will presently appear.

The frame A comprises side members 19 and 20,-.1 frontmembei1 21, and areaizmembcr 02.

is connected to the front member 21 by means of `a longitudinalmembcrfl. The longitudinal.member 24 is connected to the side member 20b v means of a cross member 65 25. The cross members 23 and 25 areconnected by a-plurality of spaced rods which form a support for aconveyer to lielmieinafter referred to. 4Journaled between thelongitudinal member 24 and a sideportion 70 of the frame A' adjacent theforward end.,

'of the frame is a shaft QT'which has fixed thereon spaced sprocketwheels 28. Journaled between the side inembei's 1 9 and Q0 adjacent therear of the frame A is a4 shaft 75 29 which has fixed thereon sprocketwheels 30 `alining with respective sprocket wheels 28. Traveling onalined sprocket wheels 30 and 2S ai'e sprocket chains 31 and connect-ling these sprocket chains andv traversing thel l rods 9.6 are ba'rs 32.Rotatably mounted between tlie sidemembers 19 and 20 adjacent the frontend ofthe frame A is a shaft 33 lprovided with a crank portion 34disposed between the side member 19v and a side por- 85 tioif of theframe' A and further provided with a crank arm 35 disposed adjacent theouter side of the side member 20. Pivotally connected to the frontmember21 is a beam.'

36 which carries a plow 37. The beam 3(3 90 is .connected to the crankportion SLL by means of alink 3S whereby the plow 37 can be raised andlowered by rotating the shaft 33.- Sec'ured to the side member 20 isalaterally projecting platform 39 upon which 95*V is mounted anoperators seat 40. Pivoted upon this platform 39 in advance of the seat40 isl a Ilever ily which is connected t'o the arm "35 bymeans of av'link 12. By this construction it will be apparent that the operatorcan readily adjust the-plow 37 through 'the'medium of the lever; 41 tosuit the conditions at hand. It will be noted that the mold board "ofthe plow 37, which is indicated at 4 3 is curved so as to overlap they105 conveyer formed by the sprocket chains 31 and bars 32. As a resultof this. construc.y

tionit will be obvious that the-beets will be deposited, as removed from:the ground,

upon the rods 26 in the path of thebars 32 v110 and with their topsdirected toward the side member 20. The shaft 29 has fixed on itsConnecting the side members 19 and 2() 60` is a cross member 23 and thiscross member -v link 62 to a lever 63 447 and at the otherfendf'withoutthe frame A a sprocket wheel 87; alsoiiXed upon said -shaft adjacent theside 19.0f the frame A` 1s a gear wheel 44". 'Supported directly abovethe shaft 29 by th y a stub shaft 29 having fixed at'one 'end the gearWheel 85 meshing with the gear wheel 44 carried by the shaft 29.-Theother end of the shaft '29 has secured thereto the sprocket wheel 86.A Slidably .and non-rotav tably mounted on the stud axle 17'carried bytheside'member 19 is a clutch sleeve 45 which has fixed thereon asprocket wheel 46 and traveling on the latter and the adjacent sprocketwheel 86 is a` sprocket chain ,47. Rotatably mounted uponv the sleeve 45is a yoke 48 to which is connected one vend of a rod 49. :The'other endof'the rod 49 is connected to one .arm of an angle lever 50 which ispivotally' mounted upona' bracket 51 carried. by vthe side member' 20. jThe ,other arm of the angle lever 50 has connected thereto one end of arod 52 which latter -is vin turn connected to a hand lever 53 mountedlupon the platform 39.l By this lconstruction. it will be obvious thatthe manipulation ofthe lever53 will serve to connect and'disconnect theclutch sleeve to and from the clutcli eley' the operation lof ment` 18and in. this wa the machine is controlled'.

l The mechanism forl cutting the tops from. the beets is shown ascomprising Va'. forked plateA 54 which is slidably mounted upon y' studs55 carried by the side member v20 and projecting inwardly therefrom.-Thep late 54 is normally held at the limit of its movement away from theside member 20 bymeansof springs 56 encircling respective.

studs55 and bearing at one end against'the vside -member 20 and at theirother ends against the plate 54. A guideJ plate 57 is secured to the"`side member 20 and ,y has'its rear end overlapped by-'the forward end ofthe forked plate 54. Slidably mounted in` the plate 54 is a rod 58 whichcarries on the end thereof remotefrom the side member 20 -a knife 59.This knife is normally held atl o thelimits of its movement away fromthe plate .54 by means of a spring GQ one end of Vwhich bears againstthe plate '54 and the :other end against the knife-59. The end of: ltherod 58 remote from the knife59 isicon?.v

" nected to onearm of an angle lever 61 and i, 61 isfpivotally mounted'se the. other arm of thel latter is connectedby a form .139, it beingnoted ber-20. "By this construction itlwill be ob'- vious'that the knife59 can' be adjusted ltoward'and away from the plate 54 through themedium of the lever 63.- Mounted- Within the frame A between the sidemember 20 and the-conveyer formed by the chains 31 and bars is aconveyer 64 the forward end of e side member 19' is obvious 'l that themounted upon'the platthat'the angle lever upon the side mem- Aa cuttingmechanis" which extends beneath the plate 54 whilethe -rear end thereofdischarges'into a receptacle moved to release position and permit thebottom 66 of the `receptacle to drop" and dischargeA the contents of thereceptacle. Connectedto the arm 7l is one end of a rod.

which has itsother endconnected to an arm. 74 `fixed' on a shaft 75rotatably mounted hasfixed thereon an arm 76 carrying a pedal 77whereby` the shaft 75 maybe rotated by the operator by means of hisfootr to. 'effect release of thelatch67. The conveyer 64 is The arm 70is con- 'upon the platform 39.5 This shaft 75 also operated bythe`rotation .of "the shaftj29 through the medium of 4connections7 8.

Theconveyer formed .by the chains' 31."

and bars 32 is directly operated bythe rotation of-'thev shaft 29 andvdischarges to a vtransverse conveyer v79 and an inclined feed 8,0mounted uponA the. frame A. The conf' veyer 7 9is operated by therotation of the shaft 29 through the medium of suitable connections81'.v

The machine is provided` Withthe'necsf.

Inthe operation ofthemachineit will be' i plow 87 will remove the 'beetsfrom the upon the rods 26 along which latter theywill *j "10o ground`and deposit same' Abemoved bythe bars32. D uring this niove-gV ment ofthe'bee-ts they-will pass between the "1 arms of the plate 54 and intoengagement with the knife' 59. The `latter'canbe' ad- 'justed by theoperator to engage .the beets at the desired point and. as `the,gloeets`are pressed against theknife' by'the \bars32 the tops willvbe severedand fall' upon th'egcon,` veyer 64. The separated tops will then bedischarged into the receptacle 6,5 vfrom'` which ltheyjmay be emptied bythe operatorat dey sired intervals. A

The -beets will be moved along the'rods 26 by thebars 32and eventu# allydischarge tothe conveyer 79 from which latterl they will l wagonadjacent'thelfmachine During the travel ofthe beets along the rods 26the earth will beA separated thf'IQIQm a'ndfall to the ground as willbe-obvi' s. v

What 'claimed is' A' 1. In "a'beet harvester', t n al wheeled -.'fran'ie;" -'aV tiaction` operated conframej-fdigging. mechaveyer carried `bythey; y nism for delivering'lth beets'toftheconveyer, ounted "on'th'elframe,

and means for adjusting thefprutbtingmechanism transversely-0f theeonv'eyerr f 1 In aV-beet harvester, thef'e'ombination of Abejdeliveredto "a suitable v` hefwnibinain of iso.

a Wheeled frame, a digging mechanism, a

traction operated conveyer for receiving the beets from the diggingmechanism, a guide plate yieldingly supported adjacent the conveyer andprovided with 'aV longitudinal recess in its forward end for receivingthe tops of the beets as moved bythe conveyer, and a knife elementadjacent the plate and partly overlying said recess for severing thetops in their movement. l

3. In a beet harvester, the combination of a Wheeled frame, a diggingmechanism, a traction operated conveyer for receiving the beets from thedigging mechanism, studs projecting inwardly from one side of the frame,a plate slidably supported on said Ward end for receiving the tops ofthe beets as moved by the conveyer, and a knife element adjacent theplate and partly overlying` 'said recess for severing the tops in theirli 25 movement.

In testimony whereof, aiix my signature, in the presence of twoWitnesses.

o'ARnDoNALD HEYER. Witnesses: 4 y

EDWIN L; PALMER, VERN FURROW. l

